Intermediate - Networking Event (C1764)

A: 你好!今天的聚会太棒了!
nǐhǎo! jīntiān de jùhuì tài bàng le!
Hey! Today's event is great!
B: 嗯,挺有意思的。你经常来参加这类聚会吗?
ng, tǐng yǒu yìsi de. nǐ jīngcháng lái cānjiā zhè lèi jùhuì ma?
Yeah, it's quite interesting. Do you take part in these kinds of events often?
A: 偶尔。我是做电子商务的。这是我的名片。
ǒuěr. wǒ shì zuò diànzǐ shāngwù de. zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn.
Occasionally. I work in e-commerce. Here's my card.
B: 很高兴认识你。我是做投资银行的,这是我的名片!
hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ. wǒ shì zuò tóuzī yínháng de, zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn!
Great to meet you. I work in investment banking. Here's my card!
A: 做你们这行的人好像都很忙。
zuò nǐmen zhè háng de rén hǎoxiàng dōu hěn máng.
People in your line of work all seem to be really busy.
B: 其实每个行业都差不多。你们电子商务这两年发展也很快。
qíshí měige hángyè dōu chàbuduō. nǐmen diànzǐ shāngwù zhè liǎng nián fāzhǎn yě hěn kuài.
Actually all industries are pretty similar. You guys in e-commerce have also developed really quickly in the last few years.
A: 快是快,可是竞争也越来越激烈了。
kuài shì kuài, kěshì jìngzhēng yě yuèláiyuè jīliè le.
It may be quick, but the competition is also getting more and more intense.
B: 有竞争才有活力。
yǒu jìngzhēng cái yǒu huólì.
Only through competition can you have vitality.
A: 大的小的,好的坏的,几千家公司。生意难做啊!
dà de xiǎo de, hǎo de huài de, jǐ qiān jiā gōngsī. shēngyi nán zuò a!
There are thousands of companies: big and small, good and bad. It's really difficult to do business!
B: 我们去那边拿点酒,边喝边聊。
wǒmen qù nàbiān ná diǎn jiǔ, biān hē biān liáo.
Let's go over there and have a drink while we talk.
A: 行!你先请!
xíng! nǐ xiān qǐng!
OK! After you!

Key Vocabulary

聚会 jùhuì event
bàng excellent
参加 cānjiā to participate in
lèi kind of
偶尔 ǒuěr occasionally
电子商务 diànzǐ shāngwù e-commerce
投资银行 tóuzī yínháng investment banking
háng industry
其实 qíshí actually
行业 hángyè industry
发展 fāzhǎn to develop
shì to be
竞争 jìngzhēng competition
越来越 yuèláiyuè more and more
激烈 jīliè intense
cái only
活力 huólì vitality
jiā [measure word]
生意 shēngyi business
边......边...... biān ... biān ... while...also...
liáo to chat

Supplementary Vocabulary

社交 shèjiāo networking
社交网站 shèjiāo wǎngzhàn social networking website
只有 zhǐyǒu only to have
机会 jīhuì opportunity

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